Tatyana Efimenko Explained
Tatyana Efimenko (Russian: Татьяна Александровна Ефименко; born 2 January 1981 in Frunze, Kyrgyz SSR) is a female high jumper from Kyrgyzstan. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Rome.
She won the bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior Championships and finished fifth at the 2002 IAAF World Cup. She competed at the World Championships in 1999 and 2005 without reaching the finals there. At the Olympic Games she exited in the qualifying round in 2000 and 2004, failing to clear the opening height in the former. On the regional level she won the Asian Championships in 2002 and 2005 as well as the 2002 Asian Games. She took the silver medal at the 2006 Asian Games.
Achievements
| Representing |
|---|
| 1997 | Asian Junior Championships | Bangkok, Thailand | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1.77 m |
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 3rd | 1.84 m |
| Asian Games | Bangkok, Thailand | 4th | 1.84 m |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 32nd (q) | 1.80 m |
| Asian Junior Championships | Singapore | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 1.88 m |
| 2000 | Asian Championships | Jakarta, Indonesia | 3rd | 1.80 m |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | - (q) | NM |
| 2002 | Asian Championships | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 1st | 1.92 m |
| Asian Games | Busan, South Korea | 1st | 1.90 m |
| 2003 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 12th (q) | 1.90 m |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 23rd (q) | 1.89 m |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | - (q) | NM |
| Asian Championships | Incheon, South Korea | 1st | 1.92 m |
| 2006 | Asian Indoor Championships | Pattaya, Thailand | 2nd | 1.91 m |
| World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 16th (q) | 1.86 m |
| Asian Games | Doha, Qatar | 2nd | 1.91 m |
| 2007 | Asian Championships | Amman, Jordan | 1st | 1.94 m |
| 2008 | Asian Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 1st | 1.91 m |
| World Indoor Championships | Valencia, Spain | 17th (q) | 1.81 m |
| Olympic Games | Beijing, China | - (q) | NM |
| 2009 | Asian Championships | Guangzhou, China | 4th | 1.87 m |
| 2010 | Asian Games | Guangzhou, China | 5th | 1.87 m | |
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